Hi, I am looking to major in marketing in college which generally is in the business school. My question is, is business (like engineering or performing arts) generally a seperate school that is harder to get into? For example, Cal Poly SLO’s acceptance rate is around 30% but is much more selective for students applying for the engineering school. Is this the case with business schools, specifically marketing majors? Will my chances of getting in be affected by declaring marketing as my major? I’m looking to apply to UC’s, CSU’s, private schools, and out of state public schools so it is a broad question for several types of colleges. Thanks!
That varies by campus. At most campuses, CS and nursing are the most competitive majors.
CP SLO actually admits at the ‘college’ level. You can see their stats here:
http://admissions.calpoly.edu/prospective/profile.html
SJSU admits by major and publishes last year’s admission threshold here:
http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/narr/admission/rec-10079.11705.html
Interestingly at SJSU, Undeclared has a higher threshold than Marketing…
For most other CSUs, admission threshold by major isn’t as variable as these campuses. The impacted ones have a campus-wide admission threshold that would apply to business (not true of all majors).
For UCs - pulling out admission data by field of study is nearly impossible. Use this link to review freshman profiles - you are a good candidate for the campuses where your GPA/SAT/ACT are avg or better:
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/freshman/profiles/
Privates are all over the map - so, research specific campuses of interest.
I don’t know your qualifications or intentions but, a word of advice; if you choose to apply to very selective schools, (CP SLO, any UC, etc) have a back-up plan in mind and keep that door open as long as you can. Perhaps your local CSU or CC.
Good luck